Northern Knights vs Otago In Super Smash 2025-26: Unique shots and new bowling actions are seen every day in T20 cricket. A similar different scene was seen on Sunday, January 4, 2026, during a match in New Zealand’s domestic T20 tournament Super Smash 2025-26. Retiring out has now become common in T20 cricket, but this is the first time that multiple players have been retired out in one innings. Something similar was seen during the match played between Northern Knights vs Otago, when the Northern Knights team was chasing the target of 167 runs.

2 players retired out in one innings of T20 match

In the match played between Northern Knights vs Otago, at one time during the run chase, the score of Northern Knights was 109 runs at the loss of 3 wickets after 16 overs and the team needed 58 runs to win in the last 4 overs. Jeet Rawal was playing a very slow innings scoring 23 runs on 27 balls. After which, as soon as Jeet Raval played the dot on the first ball of the 17th over, he decided to retire out, so that the coming batsman could score fast runs and lead the team to victory. Captain Ben Pomare, who came to bat at number six, started scoring runs rapidly and hit two fours in the first four balls. Xavier Bell, present at the other end, was also not looking in good form, he was playing after scoring 9 runs on 13 balls. Inspired by Jeet Raval, he also decided to retire out on the first ball of the 18th over. In this way, it was seen for the first time in the history of T20 cricket, when more than one player was retired out in an innings.

The team did not win even after Raval and Bell retired.

The decision to retire both Jeet Raval and Xavier Bell also did not work for the team. Captain Ben Pomare scored 20 runs in 10 balls, while Scott Kuggeleijn played a quick inning of 34 runs in 12 balls. However, both of them could not win the team and the match ended in a tie. In this match, Northern Knights team was also able to reach the score of 166 runs in the stipulated 20 overs.

Glenn Phillips Played A New Shot ‘Switch Cover Drive’: New Zealand’s star batsman Glenn Phillips played a brilliant half-century in a match of the domestic league Super Smash. He batted aggressively and scored 90 runs in 48 balls, but two special shots were seen in this innings, due to which Phillips is in a happy mood. Both his shots are going viral on social media, in which Phillips is seen hitting a six and a four. A shot of Glenn Phillips got a new name which did not exist till now. Now this shot will be known as ‘Switch Cover Drive’.

Glenn Phillips dominates domestic tournament Super Smash

Glenn Phillips is dominating the domestic league Super Smash. Phillips is a right-handed batsman but he hit both these shots in lefty style. Phillips was playing for Otago and the match was against Central Districts, suddenly in the 19th over, Phillips played such a shot that everyone was stunned. Phillips changed from a right-handed stance to a left-handed stance; the bowler threw the ball towards the off stump to escape. But even here the bowler was not saved and Phillips hit a cover drive in cover lefty style and scored a four.

Left is right for Glenn Phillips

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Kevin Pietersen gave a switch hit

Earlier, a new shot was given to cricket by former England captain Kevin Pietersen, which became known as ‘Switch Hit’ across the world. After this, Suryakumar Yadav’s scoop shot was also much discussed. Now Philips has come up with Switch Cover Drive. Phillips also hit a six in this match, in which the right handed batsman became a left handed batsman and hit the six. This shot of his is also going viral.

Glenn Phillips loved it so much, he had to do it twice

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What did Glenn Phillips say on the shots?

Talking about his shots after the match, Glenn Phillips said, ‘I had practiced it for some time in net practice, but never came out openly. It is very interesting to play such shots in professional cricket. Last day in net practice, I was hitting better shots playing with my left hand than playing with my right hand. So when there was nothing left to lose, it seemed right to at least decide to give it a try.